Blogging from the Office of the Ombudsman Lib
This my boyfriend Nate's email, im reposting it 'coz Miguel is technically my friend too:
hey frends! my best friend is competing for Pinoy Pop Superstar!
he is now one of the 9 finalists.. pakiboto naman po natin xa thru text, just text"PPS MIGUEL" and send to 2344 for globe,touch mobile and sun; or send to367 for smart and talk&text. hehe cge na, kahit isang text lang.. =) thanks !
GRAND REUNION
Last Friday, everyone was in Greenbelt 3... why? To meet up with me. HAHA. But seriously, it was like a one time big time reunion... I met up with high school friends [Ivee, Mirla, Paul] , celebrity friends [Angel and Jason], newfound friends [Jae, Chrissy, Tin, Kiera] and Law School friends [Ces,Chris,Patty,Mel,Ana,Haze,Juanch and Joan]
Had a blast with my Celeb friends because we ended up battling it out for the title of TIME ZONE Champion which, ehem, I effortlessly won. From Trivia to Gunshooting to Basketball and reflex games, I SIMPLY KICKED ASS. Love you Angel and Jason. We had dinner at Peking Garden [winks at both of 'em] and had a picture-taking galore.
I earlier met up with my COLLEGE BESTEST FRIENDS last Thursday and we ended up sucking air out of each other for laughin really hard. Sample?
Un na.
I love SUMMER.
Had a blast with my Celeb friends because we ended up battling it out for the title of TIME ZONE Champion which, ehem, I effortlessly won. From Trivia to Gunshooting to Basketball and reflex games, I SIMPLY KICKED ASS. Love you Angel and Jason. We had dinner at Peking Garden [winks at both of 'em] and had a picture-taking galore.
I earlier met up with my COLLEGE BESTEST FRIENDS last Thursday and we ended up sucking air out of each other for laughin really hard. Sample?
AM: Sinong Mariel?
Euns: Mariel Rivera!
SAM: [EXCITED] Ano ba, MARIEL SORIANO!
Un na.
I love SUMMER.
The Intern Strikes Back
sa washroom kasi kaya binura ko un background. kita un toilet bowl. haha
my very first official "DECISION" woohooHappy Birthday Bon!
Yesterday, I met up with my bestest friends to celebrate Bon’s birthday via a “pseudo-surprise party” which SOMEBODY succeeded in exposing, haha (that I will explain in a while). I must admit, the only place in Makati that I am absolutely familiar with is Rockwell so to meet up with them at this Insular Building was a total challenge for me. Now, I had to ask Pol how to get there from the MRT Ayala Station. He gave me pretty precise instructions, except that I wasn’t able to find where I should cross to get to Shell where I will be riding a jeepney with a WASHINGTON sign to Insular. Oh yeah, and I didn’t want to play the part of the bewildered tourist in Makati doing the “palinga-linga-looking-for-Insular” dance step. So I ended up riding my ever reliable mode of transportation, my all-time favorite CAB. It started out great, the moment I said I was going to Insular, the cab driver gave me a knowing nod which kind of assured me that he knew where we were going. Then he asked me which side I’m going, whether Ayala or Paseo. That’s my cue to give him my “matalino-talaga-ko-di-lang-talaga-ako-familiar-sa-place-na’to” head tilt and smile. I faked my way to confidence and said, “Ayala po.” Only because we were at Ayala and well, it sounded safer. Then I asked Nate to meet up with me at Starbucks Insular, then he gave me the bad news, there is no smoking area at Starbucks Insular. That can’t be. I asked him where the nearest coffeeshop with a smoking area is and he said I could choose between Coffee Bean and UCC. Then gave me another set of instructions on how to go there. I had a short walk, ala Carrie Bradshaw under the furious heat of the sun and with “very appropriate” black turtle neck, lacy top. Great. A few seconds after I walked inside Coffee Bean, it started raining. M life is one big comedy. I walked only to be stopped by the rain from smoking. Great.
I waited for them (which was highly unlikely since I am almost always fashionably late) at the Coffee Bean in Paseo while finishing a few final touches for my very own “RESOLUTION/DECISION”. The first to arrive was the uhmm, the Manolo Blahnik of my Carrie Bradshaw-ish existence, Nate. As usual we talked, and talked and laughed and laughed like there’s no tomorrow. I even reminded him that it was my idea to call him Nate, as opposed to Rena or Nato which of course do not match his lovely personality. I told him about Ana’s remark about people who hangout at the LOBBY of Econ as laiteros who exude a certain kind of energy which definitely does not offer warmth to outsiders. I was in denial, asking him if we looked like that in the past and he, without hesitation said, YES. He went on saying that we were practically “laiteros and laiteras” who judge people for wearing the wrong color. Then I got reminded of our meanness, well, not really meanness, it’s more like wanting to make a better world one FASHION ENSEMBLE at a time. Which reminded me of Maybel’s remark regarding, BAD SHOES when Rach and I had lunch with her a week ago. Tama din, if you’re wearing a uniform, PLEASE DO NOT BE CAUGHT WEARING BAD SHOES, i.e. shoes with CHUNKY UNFASHIONABLE HEELS, wala na talaga redemption un e. Pero seryoso, mababait naman ang mga Econ students.
Btw, I am so excited because Sam and Nate are enrolling to get their Masters at Ateneo. So, I’ll be reunited with my bestest friends in Rockwell and we’ll have more bargaining power to bully our other friends into actually transferring our dinners to Rockwell for convenience.
After more than an hour, my already well-travelled friend Abby arrived to add more flare and flair to my day. We talked about their Bora, Camiguin and Hongkong trip and we came up with another sinister plan of her buying me, Sam and Nate our laptops for school... While walking towards Insular building to meet up with Sam, we bumped into another good friend of ours, JC. I was soooooo surprised and excited and happy to see him that I practically shrieked my way into saying, “Oh my God, HI!” He laughed his ass off and commented, “Di ka parin talaga nagbabago! Pero in fairness, lawyer-like na ang ating outfit ha.” I miss JC, I miss ECOSOC. I heard that JC and Anj are going to take their Masters in UP. Well, I am so proud of ‘em because Anj topped the entrance exam and JC placed 4th. . How did we find out? Jc found a way to brag about it, he circumvented a possible manifest bragging by jokingly narrating how Anj whined about how difficult the exam only to top it, then we of course asked him how well he did and he said he placed fourth. Mga kaibigan ko talaga TOPAK.
Sam didn’t want to go to Coffee Bean due to the risk of bumping into an ex, so she insisted on staying at Starbucks Insular. That’s how she ruined our “fool proof” plan for Bon’s surprise birthday dinner. She was the GLITCH in the system. While waiting for the right time, she bumped into Bon, which of course gave our surprise away. Then she had to ask if I was going, which of course gave away the fact that I was coming. MAGALING SAM.
We had dinner at Gerry’s Grill with Bon’s other closest friends from high school, college and work. We met his friend, Editor-in-chief of the magazine TOYZ which I am promoting right now because he asked us to and because I don’t want Bon’s friend to be unemployed in the near future. Then I also met Bon’s housemate who was wacky and funny in a kind of odd way. Well, he sort of developed a cute fixation on my tumbler and well, he managed to get my and Abby’s attention by saying a few one-liners in the most unexpected of moments. Coney, Paula, Jo-Anne and KL from college were also there. Coney and I talked about law school and jokingly planned a soiree for our sororities. Inter-college ito! Dinner was great, AM arrived really late with he boyfriend Eric who left shortly after they arrived. Japhet was missing in action because he still was in Puerto Galera. I miss that BITCH.
After dinner we went back to Coffee Bean to spend another 2 hours talking, trying to make the most of our very rare get-togethers. We laughed at the irregularities in our clothes, i.e. my wearing something that does not expose skin during summer, thus earning me the title of SUMMER IDOL according to Abby, whose shoes still has price tags after months of wearing ‘em according to AM whose wearing her curtain-inspired spags under her cardigan earned her the “SAKITIN LOOK” remark from Sam whose dress was awkwardly open at the back thus alerting us, who didn’t know that it was intended to be like that, into believing that her zipper was open. AM summed it all up by saying, “I imagined us to be wearing good clothes when we hangout like this. Bakit ganun?” Yun na. Then she went on telling horrible stories about weddings she went to including a wedding where the bride is, in her own words, “MAGANDA NAMAN, MALAKI LANG UN EYEBAGS!” and where the groom while they were dancing to their THEME SONG motioned that the song be cut long before it was finished. But the winner was the groom’s speech where in he said, “Salamat po sa mga dumating. Sana nga po tumagal po itong kasal na’to ng 25 years…. O kaya 26.” Haha, tumawad pa. Kamusta naman ang may prescriptive period?.
All in all, it was yet another great night in the list of night outs that we’ve swung by. Every gimmick and every second spent with them is definitely time well spent, scratch that, time perfectly spent. Aww.
I waited for them (which was highly unlikely since I am almost always fashionably late) at the Coffee Bean in Paseo while finishing a few final touches for my very own “RESOLUTION/DECISION”. The first to arrive was the uhmm, the Manolo Blahnik of my Carrie Bradshaw-ish existence, Nate. As usual we talked, and talked and laughed and laughed like there’s no tomorrow. I even reminded him that it was my idea to call him Nate, as opposed to Rena or Nato which of course do not match his lovely personality. I told him about Ana’s remark about people who hangout at the LOBBY of Econ as laiteros who exude a certain kind of energy which definitely does not offer warmth to outsiders. I was in denial, asking him if we looked like that in the past and he, without hesitation said, YES. He went on saying that we were practically “laiteros and laiteras” who judge people for wearing the wrong color. Then I got reminded of our meanness, well, not really meanness, it’s more like wanting to make a better world one FASHION ENSEMBLE at a time. Which reminded me of Maybel’s remark regarding, BAD SHOES when Rach and I had lunch with her a week ago. Tama din, if you’re wearing a uniform, PLEASE DO NOT BE CAUGHT WEARING BAD SHOES, i.e. shoes with CHUNKY UNFASHIONABLE HEELS, wala na talaga redemption un e. Pero seryoso, mababait naman ang mga Econ students.
Btw, I am so excited because Sam and Nate are enrolling to get their Masters at Ateneo. So, I’ll be reunited with my bestest friends in Rockwell and we’ll have more bargaining power to bully our other friends into actually transferring our dinners to Rockwell for convenience.
After more than an hour, my already well-travelled friend Abby arrived to add more flare and flair to my day. We talked about their Bora, Camiguin and Hongkong trip and we came up with another sinister plan of her buying me, Sam and Nate our laptops for school... While walking towards Insular building to meet up with Sam, we bumped into another good friend of ours, JC. I was soooooo surprised and excited and happy to see him that I practically shrieked my way into saying, “Oh my God, HI!” He laughed his ass off and commented, “Di ka parin talaga nagbabago! Pero in fairness, lawyer-like na ang ating outfit ha.” I miss JC, I miss ECOSOC. I heard that JC and Anj are going to take their Masters in UP. Well, I am so proud of ‘em because Anj topped the entrance exam and JC placed 4th. . How did we find out? Jc found a way to brag about it, he circumvented a possible manifest bragging by jokingly narrating how Anj whined about how difficult the exam only to top it, then we of course asked him how well he did and he said he placed fourth. Mga kaibigan ko talaga TOPAK.
Sam didn’t want to go to Coffee Bean due to the risk of bumping into an ex, so she insisted on staying at Starbucks Insular. That’s how she ruined our “fool proof” plan for Bon’s surprise birthday dinner. She was the GLITCH in the system. While waiting for the right time, she bumped into Bon, which of course gave our surprise away. Then she had to ask if I was going, which of course gave away the fact that I was coming. MAGALING SAM.
We had dinner at Gerry’s Grill with Bon’s other closest friends from high school, college and work. We met his friend, Editor-in-chief of the magazine TOYZ which I am promoting right now because he asked us to and because I don’t want Bon’s friend to be unemployed in the near future. Then I also met Bon’s housemate who was wacky and funny in a kind of odd way. Well, he sort of developed a cute fixation on my tumbler and well, he managed to get my and Abby’s attention by saying a few one-liners in the most unexpected of moments. Coney, Paula, Jo-Anne and KL from college were also there. Coney and I talked about law school and jokingly planned a soiree for our sororities. Inter-college ito! Dinner was great, AM arrived really late with he boyfriend Eric who left shortly after they arrived. Japhet was missing in action because he still was in Puerto Galera. I miss that BITCH.
After dinner we went back to Coffee Bean to spend another 2 hours talking, trying to make the most of our very rare get-togethers. We laughed at the irregularities in our clothes, i.e. my wearing something that does not expose skin during summer, thus earning me the title of SUMMER IDOL according to Abby, whose shoes still has price tags after months of wearing ‘em according to AM whose wearing her curtain-inspired spags under her cardigan earned her the “SAKITIN LOOK” remark from Sam whose dress was awkwardly open at the back thus alerting us, who didn’t know that it was intended to be like that, into believing that her zipper was open. AM summed it all up by saying, “I imagined us to be wearing good clothes when we hangout like this. Bakit ganun?” Yun na. Then she went on telling horrible stories about weddings she went to including a wedding where the bride is, in her own words, “MAGANDA NAMAN, MALAKI LANG UN EYEBAGS!” and where the groom while they were dancing to their THEME SONG motioned that the song be cut long before it was finished. But the winner was the groom’s speech where in he said, “Salamat po sa mga dumating. Sana nga po tumagal po itong kasal na’to ng 25 years…. O kaya 26.” Haha, tumawad pa. Kamusta naman ang may prescriptive period?.
All in all, it was yet another great night in the list of night outs that we’ve swung by. Every gimmick and every second spent with them is definitely time well spent, scratch that, time perfectly spent. Aww.
The Jump
"Akala ko ba sabay tayo tatalon? Ang nangyari magkaholding hands pa tayo sa
taas pero nun time nang mag-jump tinulak mo ko bigla! Naiwan ka nanaman sa
taas. Ako nasa baba na at tumitingala na lang sayo, umiilng-iling pa."
-Euns to an unnamed friendhaha.
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the "jump" is one\s decision to leave the past behind which in our case means, to leave a past love" behind.
Ang Sweet
Mike Lo sent me an unexpected message last night.. nakakakilig sa sobrang ka-sweetan.
"HAPPY MONTHSARY!"
Un na. Thanks Muffin. You're the best. I'll see you soon and I miss you. Hehe.
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